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Thanks for the Ping Jaz..I just finished reading the article in my email from the Thomas More Law Center...It said that Military Judge Col Steven Folsom really ripped the prosecution during his one hour reading of his decision...The case was dismissed without prejudice but it looks very unlikely that it would be reopened since the assertion of Undue Command Influence was so blatant and so widely known...That is a case killer, if any, as it is one of the most serious prosecutiorial defects..Thank God that Lt Col Chessani was freed from these allegations..Next up is Sgt Wutherich and the same principal-UCI- applies in his case, so we pray his charges will also be dismissed..

Thanks for all your prayers, thoughts, and effort to keep this case alive before the public..and thanks too for upholding the honor of the USMC for these fine professional soldiers who hopefully can go on to have good military careers...

This should be a lesson to the civilian politicians in this country too: don’t try and micromanage a war...Fund, supply, apply broad policy, but don’t interfere in the lives of your trained troops if they are carrying out the mission to the best of their ability..Keep in mind that in our military academies, the men and women are taught repeatedly: do not lie...That same principal should apply to military journalists and to politicians who want to create stories of malfeasance where there is none....

Thanks, Bill, for the comprehensive report. I can rest a little easier now.

I was worrying about the Colonel and his close and extended family and his countless dear friends and supporters who would have to live with and under the poisonous fog of charges being brought up again. I agree, the case will probably not be re-opened, but not for want of trying by anti-American vultures.

Praise the Lord and let's make Murtha our mission. Send an email to this loathsome, sorry excuse of a "man" and let him know how you REALLY feel!

Leni

Great post, billmor, and spot on. Excerpting this.....

This should be a lesson to the civilian politicians in this country too: don’t try and micromanage a war...Fund, supply, apply broad policy, but don’t interfere in the lives of your trained troops if they are carrying out the mission to the best of their ability..Keep in mind that in our military academies, the men and women are taught repeatedly: do not lie...That same principal should apply to military journalists and to politicians who want to create stories of malfeasance where there is none....

A bit from MSNBC, Charges dropped in case of Haditha killings

........"Col. Steven Folsom dismissed charges against Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani after finding that a four-star general overseeing the case was improperly influenced by an investigator probing the November 2005 shootings by a Marine squad in Haditha.

"Unlawful command influence is the mortal enemy of military justice," Folsom said. "In order to restore the public confidence, we need to take it back. We need to turn the clock back."

Chessani, of Rangely, Colo., was the highest-ranking officer to face a combat-related court-martial since the Vietnam War.

The charges were dismissed without prejudice, meaning they can be refiled, but Folsom barred Marine Forces Central Command from future involvement in the case."..........

Thanks for the post.

the men and women are taught repeatedly: do not lie...That same principal should apply to military journalists and to politicians who want to create stories of malfeasance where there is none....

If that same principal applied to politicians, their lips would never move!